Seat-cushion for carriages, &amp;c.



No. 650,806. Patented May 29, i900.

S. R. BAILEY. SEAT CUSHION FOR CARRIAGES, &c.

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No. 650,806. Patented May 29. I900.

S. B. BAILEY.

SEAT CUSHION FOR CARRIAGES, 81.0.

(Application filed Feb. 27, 1900.

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PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL R. BAILEY, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

SEAT-CUSHION FIO R, CARRIAG ES, 800.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,806, dated May 29, 1900.

Application filed February 2'7, 1900. Serial No. 6,784:- (Nomodeh) To aZZ whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 188 Main street, Ainesbury, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Seat- Cushions for Carriages and other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in seat-cushions for carriages and other vehicles. It is especially well adapted for spring-cushions having spiral springs interposed between th bottom board and stuffing; and it has for its object to allow the side and rear edges of the cushion to yield properly without'causing its springs or filling to be brought in contact with any rigid or unyielding part or inclosing rib on the bottom board of the seatcushion, which is a common objection to devices of this kind generally in use.

The invention is carried out as follows, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, in which- Figure 1 represents a top plan of the invention shown as applied to a carriage-seat. Fig. 2 represents a similar view showing thepadding or filling of the seat-cushion removed. Fig. 3 represents a cross-section on the line 3 3 shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 4: represents a cross-section on the line 4: at shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

In the drawings, A represents the seat of a vehicle, having outwardly-flaring back and side portions B B B of the box, as usual.

0 is the bottom or base board of the seatcushion, adapted to rest on the carriage-seat A, as is common in devices of this kind.

D D D represent the metal spiral springs, attached in their lower ends in any wellknown manner to the bottom or base board 0 of the seat-cushion.

To'the bottom or base board C are secured a series of metal stays or braces E E, to the upper ends of which is secured a metal skeleton bar or rail F. The stays or braces E are inclined so as to correspond to the vflare or rake of the back and side portions B B B, as shown.

On top of the springs D D D is located the horsehair or other suitable stuffing or fill- 7 .ing G, the whole being covered with cloth or leather H, which after being stretched over the skeleton bar F is tacked or otherwise secured to the edges of the base or bottom board 0, as shown.

Heretofore in devices of this kind a solid inclosing rib, usually made of wood, was secured to the upper portion of the sides and back portions of the base-board C, but such solid rib was objectionable, as it prevented the yielding of the cushion at or near the outer edges of the same and prevented the proper yielding of the springs arranged at or near the outer edge of the cushion and caused the body of the rider to come in contact with such solid inclosing rib. This objection is entirely obviated in my improvement, in which I use instead of asolid cushion-incloser a metal skeleton frame composed of inclined stays or braces E, secured at their lower ends to the base-board C and connected in their upper ends to the metal skeleton rail F, as shown.

This device is particularly well adapted to vehicles having outwardly-flaring box-seats, as it permits the free compression of the entire cushion-seat'all around its edge without coming in contact with any rigid ribs or projections usually employed for inclosing the springs or padding.

The invention is very simple and is a great improvement upon old methods of constructing seat-cushions.

What I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is- A vehicle-seat comprising a box having outwardly-flaring back and side portions, a base, a series of outwardly-flaring stays or braces secured to said base and having the flaring IIQSSGS.

SAMUEL R. BAILEY. Witnesses:

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